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Photo of a pint of beer on a table, behind a wrist wearing an Apple Watch. The watch is displaying a decibel meter showing 87dB of ambient noise.

2026-05-14 20:49:26

Charlie Stross

cstross@wandering.shop

This pub is TOO LOUD!

2026-05-14 20:52:58

Madeleine Morris

Remittancegirl@mstdn.social

@cstross Ah, we must be a similar age.

2026-05-14 20:56:38

Maciej Zefir Starzycki

zefir@dice.camp

@cstross Isn't that like an inherent feature of pubs in the evening?

2026-05-14 20:57:41

Jes

Jesticulated@mastodon.social

@cstross Thats a nice feature on a smartwatch

2026-05-14 20:58:13

J. Kathleen Cheney

jkcheney@wandering.shop

@cstross Hunting for similar app on my phone...

2026-05-14 21:22:49

Medea Vanamonde 🏳️‍⚧️

MedeaVanamonde@beige.party

@cstross i’d be long gone

2026-05-14 21:24:25

GinevraCat

GinevraCat@toot.community

@cstross 😯😯😯

2026-05-14 21:27:15

rainynight65

rainynight65@aus.social

@cstross or is that your beer yelling "DRINK ME!!!"?

2026-05-14 21:34:15

‘Tad’ Sander 🍉🌻

tad@fedi.sndr.uk

@cstross Old man shouting at the pub.jpg

2026-05-14 21:39:11

Oggie

Oggie@woof.group

@cstross
Genuinely, how are you registering that? I am curious!

2026-05-14 22:15:46

Janne Upla

geospaz@mastodon.social

@cstross
"THIS BASTARD GOES TO ELEVEN", said the bartender and slapped the counter.

2026-05-15 02:36:01

Very Human Robot

StompyRobot@mastodon.gamedev.place

@cstross that's legit ear damage level :-(

2026-05-15 05:29:48

WellsiteGeo

WellsiteGeo@masto.ai

@StompyRobot @cstross

No. That is in the high 90s of dB. About 15× the sound energy level. (deciBel is a logarithmic energy comparison scale)

2026-05-15 11:07:00

Charlie Stross

cstross@wandering.shop

@WellsiteGeo @StompyRobot Going by reference to the same decibel meter at a Lene Lovitch gig a few months earlier …!

2026-05-15 11:10:09

Alexander Goeres 𒀯

jabgoe2089@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@Charlie Stross lene lovich?? she still exists?

2026-05-15 02:56:48

Doug 🌈🇨🇦 :verified:

Oldfartrant@mstdn.ca

@cstross the cost of exercising your alcoholism

2026-05-15 03:56:07

Jaime Robertson

JamesPadraicR@mastodon.social

@cstross Reminds me that I’ve been thinking of ordering some earplugs for the rare occasions I’m in a crowd.

2026-05-15 18:12:49

cpm

cpm@spore.social

@cstross
Sheesh!

That's

errr

pretty loud for a public house

what is happening?

...

Edit:
PS

for those of you following along at home

intelligible conversation requires 6db-spl *above* ambient.

ambient at 87db?

remember your inverse-square law

at 1 meter
need 93dbm to fucking be heard
that's shouting!